palimpsest(noun)

a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible

palimpsest(Noun)

A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written. Many historical texts have been recovered using ultraviolet light and other technologies to read the erased writing.

palimpsest(Noun)

Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.

palimpsest(Noun)

Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.

palimpsest(Noun)

Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.

palimpsest(Noun)

Memory that has been erased and re-written.

palimpsest(Noun)

Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.

palimpsest(Verb)

To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.

palimpsest(Verb)

On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.

Typically refers to a multi-layered work, e.g.u03BB new ads covering old on a roadside sign.

Palimpsest(noun)

a parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second

Palimpsest

the name given to a parchment manuscript written on the top of another that has been erased, yet often not so thoroughly that it cannot be in a measure restored.